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Job Details

Counsellor, Travel

Employer

PAYLESS HOLIDAYS & TOURS INC O/A TRAVEL WORLD

Date Posted

May 17, 2023

Languages

English
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $15.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 20 to 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Part Time Leading to Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date May 31, 2023
Job Requirements

Employer

PAYLESS HOLIDAYS & TOURS INC O/A TRAVEL WORLD

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work setting

Airline ticket office

Tasks

  • Perform general office duties
  • Sell travel products and travel insurance
  • Provide customers with travel information and other details such as regulations, duty free allowances, health risks and requirements, attractions and special events
  • Make transportation and accommodation reservations using computerized reservation and ticketing system
  • Provide travel information to clients regarding destinations, transportation and accommodation options and travel costs, and recommend suitable products

Travel bookings

  • Business travel
  • Leisure travel
  • International travel

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player

Screening questions

  • Are you currently a student?
  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
  • What is the highest level of study you have completed?
  • What is your current field of study?
  • What is your current level of study?

Experience

7 months to less than 1 year


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Counsellor, Travel is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Travel Counsellors
SOCIAL

Interest in persuading clients by promoting particular destinations, tour packages and other travel services, and by selling single-fare tickets and package tours

METHODICAL

Interest in operating computerized reservation and ticketing systems to make bookings and reservations; and in providing travel details to clients regarding destinations, transportation and accommodation options and costs, and recommending suitable products

INNOVATIVE

Interest in compiling information to investigate new travel destinations, hotels and other facilities and attractions

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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